‘LANDMARK DEPLOYMENT.’ The US Military’s Typhon Mid-Vary Functionality missile system arrived at an undisclosed location in northern Luzon on April 11, 2024 for the “Salaknib” workouts. — USARPAC
MANILA, Philippines — The Typhon missile system, which the Philippines acquired from the USA, is “not directed towards any nation,” the Nationwide Safety Council (NSC) mentioned in a press release on Friday.
The NSC issued the assertion after China referred to as on the Philippines to “rapidly pull out” the Typhon missile system following a report that the US deployed the missile system in a brand new location within the Philippines on Jan. 23.
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“We want to emphasize that the Typhon missile system is solely meant for protection functions and isn’t directed towards any nation,” Nationwide Safety Adviser Eduardo Año mentioned within the assertion.
“It was deployed to the Philippines throughout the 2024 Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) workouts singularly meant to enhance readiness and interoperability with troops and tools from different nations, together with the USA,” he added.
Año additionally mentioned that the continued deployment of the Typhon mid-range missile system was important to enhancing the Philippines’ protection capabilities.
Protection Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. beforehand confused that the missile system was “not focused towards particular nations.”
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The Typhon missile system arrived within the nation final April and was first deployed throughout the 2024 Balikatan workouts, the annual struggle video games between Filipino and American troops with observers from allied nations.
In a media interview on Thursday, Marcos mentioned he was prepared to tug the army tools in another country if China would cease its aggression within the West Philippine Sea.
Año mentioned the comment was “a honest gesture… which we hope will likely be reciprocated within the spirit of goodwill and amity amongst our two nice nations.”
“The Nationwide Safety Council absolutely helps the President’s name to the Individuals’s Republic of China to respect Philippine sovereign rights and jurisdiction and cease aggressive and coercive conduct within the West Philippine Sea,” he mentioned.
“Now we have at all times pursued peaceable and diplomatic measures in line with our want to de-escalate rising tensions within the West Philippine Sea,” the nationwide safety adviser added.
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